June — 2016 — The Monarch Review
Ten Quick Questions For Chuck Klosterman
Tuesday, June 21, 2016 22:02 — 0 Comments
New York Times Bestselling author, Chuck Klosterman, who we wrote a Monarch Drinks With feature about in 2012, has written a new book called, But What If We’re Wrong? It’s a close examination of concepts that society holds to be obvious but maybe aren’t quite as clear as they seem. And in the spirit of the question, we caught up with Klosterman to ask him a few quick ones of our own.  How has the age of new media – Facebook, podcasts – change how you think about writing a book? It hasn’t really changed the writing process at all. But it has totally changed the publishing process. When […]
At the End of Time (Wish You Were Here) – Jeannine Hall Gailey
Tuesday, June 21, 2016 10:33 — 1 Comment
I tried to call you one night but you were in Thailand. I was listening to Tool’s “Opiate†and reading about the particulate levels in China and the meteor that had narrowly missed us yesterday and realized I’d missed the recent eclipse and also missed you. I realized 40 years of learning were leaking through the lesions in my brain, names and faces and memories of us and I wanted to reassure you that I would still remember you but then maybe I won’t – like the radioactive water leaking from Fukushima burning the algae and sea lions – nature […]
One Super Important Question For Matt ‘Spek’ Watson
Monday, June 20, 2016 11:24 — 0 Comments
Matt ‘Spek’ Watson is a rapper, musician, producer, internet comedian and Facebook yeller. He’s also one of the most important voices in Seattle art and culture. He has a new record out this week, which he’ll be celebrating at Barboza in Capitol Hill on Thursday. We thought we’d catch up with Spek and ask him one super important question about music and the community in the Southend he calls home. JU: You’re just coming off what looks to be a super successful Station Block Party gig with tons of Southend artists celebrating Beacon Hill and the community there. What […]
Post-Pulse Rallying Cry
Tuesday, June 14, 2016 4:23 — 2 Comments
Although it was a lovely gesture, we didn’t need President Obama to officially declare June LGBTQ Pride Month this year. From the first Pride Parade in June of 1970 to the legislative victories granting marriage equality in 2013, this month has always been a time for queers to celebrate our community’s beautiful, hard-won freedoms. And love. The way that only we can love. But there’s a catch. Each victory carries us further from the fucked up, riotous place in which our community was born. It was not so long ago that queer America experienced our first mass killing, the AIDS […]
Perry (Porter) Paints
Thursday, June 9, 2016 15:14 — 0 Comments
I was assigned to write about the Seattle hip-hop duo, Sleep Steady, for the Seattle Times a few weeks back. And one of the last lines in the piece reference’s rapper Perry Porter’s freelance art – which I found out later were vibrant and dynamic images of the human face and form. Immediately, I wanted to show his work here on The Monarch. So, let’s get to it! Just for fun, peep Sleep Steady’s video here to listen to while sorting through the images.
The answer isn't poetry, but rather language
- Richard Kenney